Why Is Trump's Wall A Bad Thing?

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(02-01-2019, 11:08 AM)Benton Wrote: And part of it that irks me about the last shutdown was that it was over a campaign promise. That's a horrible power for the executive branch to be granted based on partisanship 

Build my wall or you don't get paid.

A POTUS should have issues he wants to come to fruition, but shouldn't have the authority to just make it happen. That defeats the whole separation of powers premise.

And, in fairness to Republicans, Obama did it too. Abusing the threat of a government shutdown to get what you want has happened in 5 of the last 6 presidencies, two of which were Democratic Presidents. Granted, the shutdowns during H.W.'s and Reagan's presidencies each lasted 3 days or less.

The one president who never shut down the government was actually George W. Bush.